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can you talk about why you think wikileaks has served your cause? >> palast conflict was the iraq war. i came back from that conflict and started pickingspeaking out about the true nature of the war. people were saying, where is your evidence? others would say, what you know, you're just a soldier? he provided us with the evidence that showed helicopter gunships killing innocents. the afghan war logs described torture and death. the iraq war logs highlight the real numbers of those killed in iraq, people you would not have even known about before the logs came out. this guy has done a great service to the world in showing us the true nature of the wars are governments are fighting. >> can you talk about the pressure outside the embassy right now? i have been watching a live stream since late last night outside the ecuadorean embassy, because of the concern the british authorities would raid the embassy and take julian assange out. >> i got to the embassy last at about midnight. there was a police presence they were the static one, and one of uniform
can you talk about why you think wikileaks has served your cause? >> palast conflict was the iraq war. i came back from that conflict and started pickingspeaking out about the true nature of the war. people were saying, where is your evidence? others would say, what you know, you're just a soldier? he provided us with the evidence that showed helicopter gunships killing innocents. the afghan war logs described torture and death. the iraq war logs highlight the real numbers of those killed...
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your wikileaks have made us stronger. >> we will speak with peter kornbluh, who wrote a story of a wikileaks. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. and arab league special envoy to syria coakley and has announced his mechanic -- resignation after failing to bring to an and more than a year of violence. he said both sides had failed to respect the cease-fire plan. >> the increase in the militarization on the ground and a clear lack of clarity in the security council have fundamentally changed the circumstances for the effective exercise of my role. yet, the bloodshed continues. most of all, because of syrian government intransigence and refusal to implement the six- point plan. and also because of the escalating military campaign of the opposition. all of which is compounded by the disunity of the international community. >> his resignation will take effect at the end of the month. his departure comes amidst fears clashes in aleppo, where rebels say they now control half of the city. the net nations says north korea has requested urgent
your wikileaks have made us stronger. >> we will speak with peter kornbluh, who wrote a story of a wikileaks. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. and arab league special envoy to syria coakley and has announced his mechanic -- resignation after failing to bring to an and more than a year of violence. he said both sides had failed to respect the cease-fire plan. >> the increase in the militarization on the ground and a clear...
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he is accused of leaking a trove of documents to the whistleblowing website wikileaks, but this defense team argued in a motion late last month that all charges should be dismissed due to manning's "unlawful pretrial punishment. according to the filing, bradley manning was kept in a six by 8 foot cell for 2324 hours a day, banned from lying down or even leaning against the wall when he wasn't sleeping. the filing says manning was looking up at 5:00 in the morning and forced to remain awake until 10:00 p.m. lawyers accuse the officers at quantico of using manning's mental health as an excuse to keep him in the functional equivalent of solitary confinement, despite multiple objections by psychiatrists. guard reportedly checked on manning every five minutes and woke him up at night if they could not see him clearly. he was required to eat all his meals alone with only a spoon, made to sleep with the tear- proof security blanket that irritated his skin, and forced to request toilet paper every time he wanted to use the bathroom. in addition, the complaint alleges manning was not allowed to
he is accused of leaking a trove of documents to the whistleblowing website wikileaks, but this defense team argued in a motion late last month that all charges should be dismissed due to manning's "unlawful pretrial punishment. according to the filing, bradley manning was kept in a six by 8 foot cell for 2324 hours a day, banned from lying down or even leaning against the wall when he wasn't sleeping. the filing says manning was looking up at 5:00 in the morning and forced to remain awake...
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. >> this came from the wikileaks stratfor files. the hacking group anonymous hacked into this private group strapped for and -- stratfor. assange and the crew gave me access. one of the people in stratfor have access to the homeland security documents. one of the leaks was this occupy wall street analysis or report on occupy wall street. i thought it was very odd to have a department of homeland security report about a peaceful protest movements. that raised normal alarm bells. that is why we did the report. but it was a credit to the wikileaks guys who put this stuff out there. i always find it -- i guess as a journalist, i should be flattered by as much editor. yesterday, when they're trying to pad your file. that was certainly the case here. they brought their concerns to the white house when trying to come up with a statement. clearly, allegations the department of homeland security was spying were monitoring occupy wall street hit a nerve in washington. >> they said the stratfor document was not true. >> i think it was authenti
. >> this came from the wikileaks stratfor files. the hacking group anonymous hacked into this private group strapped for and -- stratfor. assange and the crew gave me access. one of the people in stratfor have access to the homeland security documents. one of the leaks was this occupy wall street analysis or report on occupy wall street. i thought it was very odd to have a department of homeland security report about a peaceful protest movements. that raised normal alarm bells. that is...
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ecuador is to announce a decision in the next week on whether to grant wikileaks founder julian assange political asylum. he has taken refuge in the embassy in london in a bid to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately, he says, to the u.s. and his attorney, the spanish judge baltasar garzÓn, said the british government would have no legal grounds to block his journey to ecuador should he be granted asylum. >> hypothetically, if asylum is granted, great britain and say they will not send him. one can always say no. we're tired of seeing international conventions been breached cannot agree with by different countries. but legally, they cannot do it because ecuador is a sovereign state. a free, democratic state, exactly like the u.s. -- nothing more and nothing less. >> republican challenger mitt romney continues to lead president obama in the fundraising race. romney pulled them over $101 million in july, beating out obama by $25 million. the figures do not include the additional tens of millions raised by the so-called third party groups, whic. the top two pro-romney super pacs had
ecuador is to announce a decision in the next week on whether to grant wikileaks founder julian assange political asylum. he has taken refuge in the embassy in london in a bid to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately, he says, to the u.s. and his attorney, the spanish judge baltasar garzÓn, said the british government would have no legal grounds to block his journey to ecuador should he be granted asylum. >> hypothetically, if asylum is granted, great britain and say they will not...
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. >> the mother wikileaks founder julian assange has wrapped up a visit to ecuador in a bid to campaign persons asylum request. assange has taken refuge in the ecuadorean embassy in london as he fights extradition to sweden. after meeting with the ecuadoran president, assange's mother said her son would enjoy living in ecuador should he received asylum. >> this is a sovereign decision, and i respect that. i respect he will make a decision in the best interest of julian, human rights, and his country. if julian for to come here, i think he would let it. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. arms control advocates are blaming the obama administration for last week's failed negotiations with the first-ever global agreement regulating the $60 billion arms trade. while most united nations member states favored a strong treaty, the united states and russia said there's not enough time left for them before friday's deadline to clarify and resolve issues they had with the draft treaty. the u.s. -- the world's largest manufacturer -- had demanded
. >> the mother wikileaks founder julian assange has wrapped up a visit to ecuador in a bid to campaign persons asylum request. assange has taken refuge in the ecuadorean embassy in london as he fights extradition to sweden. after meeting with the ecuadoran president, assange's mother said her son would enjoy living in ecuador should he received asylum. >> this is a sovereign decision, and i respect that. i respect he will make a decision in the best interest of julian, human...
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rafael korea says they will release whether to grant wikileaks founder julian assange political asylum. assange has taken refuge in the ecuadorean embassy in london in a bid to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately he says to the u.s. on monday,correa said there is headed deliberation. >> i have read reports the sake, why are we taking so long? the process has to be revised. the door be a secret tribunal over there? that there could be the death penalty? this requires a great amount of information and we have to look at international law and order to make an informed decision that is completely irresponsible and a sovereign decision. -- and a responsible sovereign decision. >> a u.s. army infantryman accused in the suicide of chinese-american soldier, chen allegedly took his life after he was deployed to afghanistan last october. his family says he had been abused by comrades on an almost daily basis including racist hazing with soldiers throwing rocks at him, calling him ethnic slurs, forcing him to do pushups or hang upside down with his mouth full of water. on tuesday, speciali
rafael korea says they will release whether to grant wikileaks founder julian assange political asylum. assange has taken refuge in the ecuadorean embassy in london in a bid to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately he says to the u.s. on monday,correa said there is headed deliberation. >> i have read reports the sake, why are we taking so long? the process has to be revised. the door be a secret tribunal over there? that there could be the death penalty? this requires a great amount...